wistful

英 [ˈwɪstfl]

美 [ˈwɪstfl]

adj.  伤感的; (对已不可能发生之事)徒然神往的

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Collins.1 / BNC.19804 / COCA.15300

牛津词典

adj.

• 伤感的；（对已不可能发生之事）徒然神往的
  thinking sadly about sth that you would like to have, especially sth in the past that you can no longer have
  1. a wistful smile
     伤感的微笑

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (因求而不得)失意的，伤感的，惆怅的
  Someone who iswistfulis rather sad because they want something and know that they cannot have it.
  1. I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up...
     我不禁对自己将要放弃的津贴感到有点儿不舍。
  2. He has a wistful look.
     他神情沮丧。

英英释义

adj

• showing pensive sadness
  1. the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
  Synonym:pensive

双语例句

• Those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds.
  那些引人怀念的小广告被失恋的人收藏了起来。
• In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.
  这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。
• His voice is wistful, as soft as velvet.
  他的惆怅的声音如丝绒般温柔。
• He died at the end of this wistful and elegiac novel.
  在这本情意绵绵的哀歌式小说的末尾，他结束了一生。
• The child stood looking with wistful eyes at the toys in the shop window.
  那个小孩站在那里用渴望的眼神看着商店橱窗里的玩具。
• If you are Lady Burnewilke by now, take my letter as a wistful farewell compliment to an unlikely and wonderful love.
  如果你已经是勃纳·诀克夫人了，那么就把我这封信看作是对一场不可能实现的，美好绮丽的恋爱依依不舍的赞美词。
• While most of us are content to live our lives with little more thana wistful gaze toward the heavens, others have bolder ambitions.
  当我们中的大多数人满足于带着些许渴望飞向天空的眼神生活的时候，有些人立下了更大胆的雄心壮志。
• He looked so wistful as he went away, hearing the frolic and evidently having none of his own.
  他走的时候似乎闷闷不乐，若有所思；他听到你们在玩闹，而显然他自己没什么玩的。
• I can't help feeling slightly wistful about the perks I'm giving up
  我不禁对自己将要放弃的津贴感到有点儿不舍。
• Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days.
  米兰达非常怀念昔日时光。